Past Events

Workshops & devised performances

14^th August 2019: Kingdom LTD (The Prince and the Pauper) (theatre) (Southwark Playhouse, London)

Acting Up (Three Cs & Blackfriars Settlement)

Director/facilitator: Jen Camillin

Assistant facilitator: Theo Kostidakis

12^th November 2018: The Princess and the Red Dragon (theatre) (Southwark Playhouse, London)

Acting Up (Three Cs & Blackfriars Settlement)

Director/facilitator: Jen Camillin

Assistant facilitator: Theo Kostidakis

Cyprus

2016: Shadow Puppetry workshops and devised performances (Nicosia, Cyprus)

Shadow Theatre Group of Arts and Moods Workshop & Workshop of Personal Growth (primary school children)

2014-2016: Demetra and Persephone (theatre) and The Old Man and the 12 Months (theatre) (Nicosia, Cyprus)

Drama Group of Cultural Workshop of Agioi Omologites (primary school children)

2015-2016: Prince Ring (theatre), Queen Bee (theatre) and Charlie Chaplin on Respect (forum theatre) (Nicosia, Cyprus)

Drama Group of Hope for Children UNCRC Policy Center (unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, volunteers & keyworkers)

2013-2015: Interactive performances, street theatre, and Theatre of the Oppressed, with subjects such as social exclusion, collaboration, confrontation with the shadow, human trafficking, the art of Mexico, and the inner child of adults. (Nicosia, Cyprus)

‘Fantastic Theatrical Team,’ Drama Group of Arts and Moods Workshop (adolescents and young adults)

2014: A Mysterious Journey (shadow theatre short film) (Nicosia, Cyprus & London, UK)

Story-making workshops, illustration workshops and exhibition

Residents at Shelters of Hope for Children UNCRC Policy Center (unaccompanied asylum-seeking children)

Visual artist: Alexandra Dias Panayi

Greece

2005-2011: Fairy Tales (theatre), Jonathan Livingston Seagull (theatre), The Little Prince (theatre and puppetry), Tales from the East (theatre and puppetry), The Jungle Book (theatre and puppetry), The Happy Prince & The Selfish Giant (puppetry), A Different Karaghiozis (shadow puppetry) (Athens, Greece)

Group: Drama Group of Pathways of Life (children and adolescents)

Co-director: Babis Kostidakis

2016-2018: A Greek Parent to a Little Londoner (Surbiton, UK)

Eutopia / Paty Paliokosta – Drama Facilitator / Educator

Creative process workshops in learning Greek through drama play for preschool children (ages 2-5).

30 February 2017: Karaghiozis: Greek Traditional Shadow Theatre (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (University of London), London, UK)

Interactive lecture for MA and BA Puppetry students.

2011-2016: Facilitator / educator (Rota Children’s Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus)

Design and facilitation of experiential educational programmes / workshops for primary school children. Subjects included: awareness and management of emotions, bullying, anger, self-worth, boundaries and sibling jealousy.

2004-2011: Volunteer Drama Facilitator / Educator (Pathways of Life, Athens, Greece)

Puppetry/drama workshops and teaching of Greek as a second language with creative activities for socially excluded children (ages 5-16).

Other Artistic Projects

In Cyprus I started the project ‘KaragioZEIS everywhere!’ (ΚαραγκιόΖΕΙΣ παντού!) with Katerina Pantela (Arts and Moods workshop). The collaboration with other artists focused on experimentation to combine shadow puppetry with other art forms in performances, art exhibitions, creative workshops, educational programmes, musical nights and theatrical events.

13^th-22^nd December 2013: ‘KaragioZEIS everywhere!’ (Nicosia, Cyprus)

Katerina Pantela, Theo Kostidakis

Exhibition of original artwork based on Greek traditional shadow puppetry.

a. Karaghiozis performances

Performances in the UK

• 22^nd September 2019: First Greek Cultural Festival, Ithacia (Birmingham)
• 6^th July 2019: Greek School of Portsmouth (Portsmouth)
• 23^rd June 2019: Hellenic Centre (London)
• 26^th November 2017: Eutopia (Surbiton)
• 30^th April 2017: Eutopia (Surbiton)

Collaborations with groups from other art forms

21^st April 2019: Karaghiozis with Traditional Greek & Cypriot Dances (Nicosia, Cyprus)

Cultural Workshop of Agioi Omologites

31^st August 2017: Karaghiozis with Classical Music (Patmos Sacred Music Festival, Patmos, Greece)
8^th January 2017: Karaghiozis with Reggetiko Project (music) (Rialto Theatre, Limassol, Cyprus)

18^th December 2016: Karaghiozis with Classical Music (Nicosia, Cyprus)

Cyprus Symphony Orchestra

24^th January 2016: Karaghiozis with Amalgamation Project (music) (Rialto Theatre, Limassol, Cyprus)

18^th September 2015: Karaghiozis with Reggetiko Project (music) (Thessaloniki, Greece)

6^th March 2015: Karaghiozis with Amalgamation Project (music) (Granazi Café, Nicosia, Cyprus)

Other Performances

30^th May 2018: Axiothea Festival (University of Cyprus Cultural Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus)

Photo credits: Ema Sofia Leitao

10^th October 2017: Pafos2017 – European Capital of Culture (Paphos, Cyprus)

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5^th July 2017: Axiothea Festival (University of Cyprus Cultural Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus)

3^rd-7^th September 2016: Kypria International Festival (Nicosia, Aradippou, Deryneia & Geroskipou, Cyprus)

Photo credits: Ema Sofia Leitao

22^nd June 2016: Axiothea Festival (University of Cyprus Cultural Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus)

…and much more, including:

Cyprus Museum of Folk Art (Nicosia, Cyprus)

Cyprus Theatre Museum (Limassol, Cyprus)

Green Dot Festival (Nicosia, Cyprus)

Home for Cooperation (Nicosia, Cyprus)

Lampsi (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Pop Up Festival (Nicosia, Cyprus)

The Yard Residency (Limassol, Cyprus)

Xarkis Festival (Cyprus)

Xorko Festival (Cyprus)

Primary and nursery schools throughout Cyprus

2016: On Men and Shadows (storytelling, music, shadow theatre) (Nicosia-Limassol, Cyprus)

Alkis Agathocleous, Veggelis Gettos, Marina Katsari & Thodoris Kostidakis

2014-2015: A Thousand and One Nights (storytelling, music, shadow theatre) (Nicosia-Limassol-Paralimni, Cyprus)

Veronika Aloneftou, Marina Katsari, Katerina Pantela & Thodoris Kostidakis

Online presentations

During the first UK COVID-19 lockdown (March-May 2020), I created some short online performances of Greek shadow puppetry for adults. They were mainly satires of the situation in Greece.

Characters and scenes from the history of international theatre were combined with those from Greek shadow theatre, as well as the political situation of the moment.

You can find the videos here.